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Drone attacks in Sudan Khartoum Khartoum appears to have reopened a major airstrikes as civil war rages

Johannesburg – Drone attacks are apparently launched War-tonnon SudanForces with plans of the RSF appear to be demanding the reopening on Wednesday of the main airport in the capital Khartoum after a year and a half.

The French news agency AFP, heard that residents heard a wave of explosions in the morning, and local residents of Khartoum reported drones striking many areas of Khartoum on Wednesday, including the airport.

Sudan’s Avidotion Avilosince it was announced earlier this week that Khartoum International Airport will reopen on Wednesday with domestic flights after 30 months of closure due to The Ongoing Civil War between the RSF (rapid support forces) and the military.

Reuters News Agency, as well as local media, cited aviation sources as saying that the opening was delayed for at least several days by the drone attack.

A view of the damage caused by clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) at the Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, afternoon, 2025.

Mohammed Nzar Awad / Anadolu / Getty


CBS News could not reach Sudanese government officials for comment Wednesday.

AFP cited military sources as saying that the third drone strike in Khartoum in just a week appeared on Wednesday, and it is not clear whether the explosion occurred if civilians were shot, or if there was any damage.

The leader of the RSF, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, known as hemedti, even warned in advance of the planned airport reopening that his forces would shoot down any plane suspected of supporting the Sudanese army.

The opening of the airport was intended to demonstrate the government’s full control of the metropolis. The government, led by the President of the Council of State Adel Fattah al-Burhan, is forcing international flights to return to the capital.

Turkish Airlines, Egyptian Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have returned to regular flights from Port Sudan, further east, which has remained under the control of government forces. The Sudanese government and military have been pressing those airlines to resume international flights from Khartoum, too, but the resumption of domestic flights on Wednesday would be a key step in that direction.

The Sudanese government moved to Port Sudan there Civil war broke out in April 2023and Burhan has been forcing demonstrations throughout the capital since then, to encourage Sudanese citizens to return to Khartoum and carry out a six-month rebuilding campaign across the city.

Burhan is expected to return to the Presidential Palace, which was heavily damaged in the war, in the near future. He asked various government ministries to return to their headquarters in Khartoum early next year.

The withdrawal of European diplomats is expected to visit Khartoum later this month, with SAF officials forcing Western countries to reopen their embassies.

Port Sudan has been operating as Sudan’s only airport since the start of the war, despite several drone attacks near that facility, too.

Residents say Khartoum has been largely calm since RSF forces forced their way into the capital in March. The RSF has been focusing its military efforts since the spring in the Beleagured region of Darfur, where it has been trying for weeks to fully capture the town of El-Fasher, the last town in Darfur not under its control.

El-Fasher was completely surrounded, cut off from the outside world and besieged, for weeks. Residents say the markets are empty after the RSF built barms around the city, cutting off essentials.

The UN has warned that fighting in El-Fasher has intensified, including repeated drone strikes.

Secretary-UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutres’ spokesperson for Stephane Dunjarric said last week that El-Fasher’ was besieged from all directions. ‘

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have been killed in the war, millions have been forced to flee their homes.

The conflict began as a power struggle between Hemedti and Burhan, but quickly descended into full details between their forces, prompting what the UN says is the biggest crisis in the world.

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